My latest build. S475 etc

[dregg100]

i was going to wait until the car was up and running before posting anything, but i just couldnt resist. things are coming along nicely, so here we go.

a little history:

i first bought the car almost 3 years ago and it has been through a good bit. it started out almost bone stock with a pretty low mile re-man in it. i drove it with a full turbo-back, intake, pfc, and tune for roughly ~20kmiles as my dd. then got power hungry and leaving the engine stock built a 35r kit around it and bumped the power up to 440whp on pump and meth at 18-19psi.

then to make a long story short back when we had the "gas crisis" i ended up with 87 in the tank and cracked an apex seal. i was mad for about 10 minutes then realized that gave me an excuse to build it even more.

so come to present day and i have all of my parts either ordered or waiting install and i plan to come to DGRR with it atleast running and being broken in.

The Build

engine:

-large streetport with new rotor housings by David Jerome@ rotaryrebuildstore
-balenced(10k) and clearanced rotating assembly by Roger Mandevile
-Guru oversized stud kit
-ALS apex seals
-built by myself

turbo setup:

-Bullseye/Borg Warner S475R (T6 1.32 a/r exhaust, the big boy!!)
-custom exhaust manifold and 4 inch DP by Charlie Ruetsche(charlies7 on here)
-twin tial 44mm wastegates
-all ceramic coated

fuel, intake, ecu

-made the jump from pfc to a Haltech e8
-CJ motorsports fuel system
-850 primary, 4 1680 secondary
-GZ/Xcessive LIM
-twin supra pumps
-twin -6 feed lines
-12x24x4 fmic. mounts and piping fabbed by myself
-water injection
-Q16

exhaust:

-full 4 inch fabbed by myself.
-borla xr-1 muffler
-screamer pipes on wastegates

ignition:

-4 msd blaster coils
-1 msd dis2 box
-2 msd digital 6 boxes

chassis/transmission

-Exedy twin disc
-aspec trans brace
-kg parts diff brace
-solid engine mounts
-garfinkle engine torque brace
-short shifter
-spare tranny for when i destroy the first one!!
-at some point it will get a rebuilt S4 Tii diff aswell and chromoly axels

also while the car is down i did/am doing some exterior mods aswell which consist of

-full '99 spec front end
-shine auto undertray
-shine auto rear diffuser
-shine auto tailight spoiler


i think that about cover the build, but im sure there are somethings i forgot. if i forgot to mention someone's name im sorry. lol now onto the progress

this past weekend i got my rotor housings and irons back from a-spec from machining for the stud kit. i then painte and assembled the engine, bolted the tranny up, and dropped it in. my manifold and DP are supposed to be finished at the end of this week so i should have some more updates for you guys soon.

pics!!

[dregg100]

one more pic

[lt1_fd3s]

3 yrs?!?!? no...more like 2 yrs at most... You picked it up after I wrecked my red car and that was in early '07. =]

sorry i didn't make down to help out, I ended up trying to figure out some issues with another FD. Only after I got home and was thinking about it, I'm thinking the wastegate on it isn't even opening, the PowerFC is acting up and it isn't tuned.

I say the PFC is acting up because it was reading water temp of 40-45, I swapped it out to a different PFC and that one was reading water temp of 65.

ok, i don't mean to thread jack...

[charlies7]

Originally Posted by dregg100

turbo setup:

-Bullseye/Borg Warner S475R (T6 1.32 a/r exhaust, the big boy!!)

heh, that thing is too big. Just holding that thing for mock up almost broke my back. Thank god I had 2 sets of extra hands .

Anyways I would have recommended going with an electric water pump setup. Cleans up the engine bay alot more and is way more effective that the 15 year old pump.

Also sent you an email

-Charlie

[charlies7]

No one cares about your problems ..

Originally Posted by traynham

3 yrs?!?!? no...more like 2 yrs at most... You picked it up after I wrecked my red car and that was in early '07. =]

sorry i didn't make down to help out, I ended up trying to figure out some issues with another FD. Only after I got home and was thinking about it, I'm thinking the wastegate on it isn't even opening, the PowerFC is acting up and it isn't tuned.

I say the PFC is acting up because it was reading water temp of 40-45, I swapped it out to a different PFC and that one was reading water temp of 65.

ok, i don't mean to thread jack...

[Teenwolf1393]

good to see you finally got a clutch. since last year at DGRR it was slipping like crazy

[dregg100]

Originally Posted by Teenwolf1393

good to see you finally got a clutch. since last year at DGRR it was slipping like crazy

what are you talking about?

[drewski86]

Originally Posted by dregg100

-Bullseye/Borg Warner S475R

What does the R signify?

[charlies7]

Race compressor cover.

[dregg100]

Originally Posted by charlies7

Race compressor cover.

correct.

i have something for you charlie.

[sk8world]

looking nice... ERNIE T killer!!!! Just adding a little pressure! Ernie has a deal with Ray were no cars he tunes can make more than him (LOL).... So I am guessing you at 739rwhp...... Gonna have it at the gap?

[classicauto]

Looks hot buddy!!

Can't wait to see this manifold and margarita mixer.

Hey, did the monkey help you on assembly very much? or is he all thumbs??

[dregg100]

Originally Posted by sk8world

looking nice... ERNIE T killer!!!! Just adding a little pressure! Ernie has a deal with Ray were no cars he tunes can make more than him (LOL).... So I am guessing you at 739rwhp...... Gonna have it at the gap?

yep, it will be there. and i already have ray payed off so it will make more! 800!!!! lol. maybe once then dial it back. we shall see what boost level we are at etc.

joe, monkey didnt do jack shit except for make my beer disapear??? i heard you might come hang out with us for a few days after DGRR?

[rotarybeat1287]

I think I just fell back in love w/ my Nikon after seeing those pictures! So uh... you can definitely sand something w/ all that GRAIN! Looking good tho man. Guys it is sooo much cleaner in person. Don't be fooled by the terrible pictures.

[classicauto]

Yeah I might be tagging along when you guys head back, check out some of your stomping grounds before heading to the keys! We'll see you at the gap though and take it from there.

Good luck with the project, won't be long now!